Comments on: Congressmen Say The Darnedest Things

By: Aaron O

Aaron O — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 04:19:01 +0000

There are two things I cannot stand: analogies that include Hitler, and political arguments that mention George Bush’s gaffs. They are both knee jerk reactions, and–just like knee jerk reactions–they require little more than a brain stem to manage. Find someone more relevant to insult, please.

By: Aaron O

Aaron O — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 04:19:00 +0000

By: steven

steven — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 05:33:51 +0000

Good one

By: steven

steven — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 05:33:00 +0000

Good one

By: Eh, not exactly

Eh, not exactly — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:56:27 +0000

The ironic thing is that by setting a cap to be administered by political appointees we are going to have the same kind of cronyism that led to this problem in the first place when, under pressure from environmentalist lobbies, BP was forced to drill in deeper waters than they had wanted.

As for the Census, it’s a serious thing to be concerned about. Until the government stops dividing us on race, I’m going to have problems with telling them what race I am. One never knows how the winds of fortune blows.

By: Eh, not exactly

Eh, not exactly — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:56:00 +0000

By: Russell Page

Russell Page — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 22:32:08 +0000

1. I am quite happy the Obama Administration got BP to start up the claims fund. Nobody is denying that they came up with the $20 billion. They had to start somewhere. The problem with Barton is that making BP act responsibly is not something the US Government should be apologizing for.

2. Agreed.

3. I don’t deny that Bachman is correct about what the Census Bureau did back in WWII. Although the Census was used for a tragic and terribly wrong thing over 60 years ago, that is not a legitimate reason to not fill it out now.

There is no real reason to believe that the Census is doing anything wrong or unconstitutional in 2010 just because its laws and rules were violated back in the 1940s. The Census, if conducted properly, should not be used against the American people. The modern US Government can learn from unlawful actions of the past.

We have all seen what the consequences are when the Census does not protect the privacy of the American people. That does not make their current mission illegitimate.

By: Russell Page

Russell Page — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 22:32:00 +0000

2. Agreed.

We have all seen what the consequences are when the Census does not protect the privacy of the American people. That does not make their current mission illegitimate.

By: A lil fact checking, k?

A lil fact checking, k? — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 19:07:36 +0000

1. Barton said what was demonstrably going on. Why 20 billion? Why not 40 billion? It was a number picked from the ether by Obama Administration.

2. Jim Bunning is out of the senate for this kind of whackjobbery.

3. The U.S. Government has come out and admitted that the Census was used to help round up the Japanese. http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=confirmed-the-us-census-b

I quote from that article,

“Despite decades of denials, government records confirm that the U.S. Census Bureau provided the U.S. Secret Service with names and addresses of Japanese-Americans during World War II. ”

So, in other words, you are wrong. Bachmann is right.